Carpet Sellers With Fez Are From

I don t think a tourist will ever score a real bargain when negotiating with a carpet salesman but some post purchase research suggests i paid a fair and reasonable price.

Carpet sellers with fez are from.

You will find the shops on the talaa kebira in fez phone 0535636946 email bouzidi8000. Coin berbere bouzidi idrissi freres 67 talaa kebira haddadine fez medina email protected tel. Moroccan carpet shops in fez. The asking prices are outrageous and i offered about 25 30 percent less and we met somewhere around 46 50 percent of the asking.

Shopping at fes carpet and rug co operative dar zarbia wavejourney visits a government controlled carpet and rug co operative in the fes medina in morocco during a 3 5 hour walking tour through the fes medina with a small group of 10 plus a local tourist guide momo and a security man to make sure nobody in our group got lost we. The capital of urban carpet making is rabat and you may hear these pile weave carpets referred to as rabat carpets. But what they don t stress enough is how easy it is to be scammed in morocco especially by the carpet sellers of fes. Carpet making in rabat has been traced back to the 18th century and the technique for making these carpets has been passed down through the.

There are two main types of carpets in morocco. The view from fez pat. Nah i don t think i was ripped off. Although we spent time in marrakesh meknes casablanca rabat and tangier all with their own brand of charm and interest it is to fes that i would return.

All the featured rugs are available or similar styles and can be freighted anywhere in the world. The view from fez would like to thank the bouzidi idrissi family who generously gave of their time and expertise in compiling this series of articles. Although we had no grand plans to buy a carpet in fez that all got turned on its head when we stepped into hassan s traditional rug shop and a whole new adventure began. This is by no means an exhaustive list but here are a few stores that sell moroccan carpets that we shopped at during our search for the perfect rug.

Ali s art gallery 17 souiket dahbane sagha dez. I read one blog that said a moroccan carpet salesman could sell a herd of camels to an eskimo. The view from fez aims to promote interest and understanding of life in fez in particular and morocco in general. Urban carpets and rural carpets.

Scammed in morocco a tale of two carpets. Our contributors are based in the fez medina and in other centres around morocco.